Water-level regulator and indicator.



G. LASR. WATER LE'JEL RBGULA-QR AND NDIGATGR.

APFLICATIGS rum $123.15. was.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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G. LANE.

WATER LEVEL REGULATGP. AND INDICATOR.

APPLICATION TILED F2515. N09.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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l l l INVENTOR UN I'I'ED STATES @Fill jiji- GEORGE LANE, 0F PUUGHKEEYSIE, NEW YORK, SEIGH-d. TQ LANE lsIOfGP.- VEHICLE comm, A centenar-ron' or We@ ros;-

Specicecn o Lettera Yates:

Application A11-.d February 15, i992. Sera! 7s To all wwm it may comme;

Be it known that I, Groen LANE. a citizen of the United States, residing :it Poughto be used in connection with a steam boiler i i l x l i l and which has for its purpose to automatically regulate and indicate the level of the 2 water in the boiler.

able to do away wlth the usual glass water gage which is liable to be destroyed from a in any suitablenanner to the left-hand end of said frame as by screws l1. The rightliand of these pipes project through openings l2 in the tra me. Pivoted in the'iame 1G, at l5., are levers l-f, and located in a lerers is screw l5, provided with a nut 1G. The lower end ci' the levers 1l are forked at i?, and 'sembra-ee the rods 18, either or both of which may form valves for the luy-pass valves 19: By adjusting the screw l5 and 60 nut 1G, the position of the levers 14, relative to the pipes 8 9, can be regulated. reason of my improved device I ani blow Without or from sudden access of pres sure from within. and is further oh]ect1onzihlc as the glass is often dissolved by the high iculty is experienced in maintainingr .the pachings connecting such tube to the boiler.

n my improved construction the. use of the glass gage is entirely done array with and the indication of the water levelmade visible by the movement of a pointer over a dial.

The accompanying rawings will serve to illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation and a partial vertical section taken through a motor vehicle showing the position of the regulator and indicator relative to the boiler and Water circulation. Fig. 2 is a front view of the indicating dial. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken approximately on the line X-X of Fig. 6. Fi 4 is a longitudinal section token on the fine Y-Y of Fig. 6. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken on the line Z--Z of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a plan view.

Fi 7 shows a modification of my invention. tafel-ring to, the drawin s: 5 indicates a. steam boiler. At different evels and above the position usually occupied by the fusible plug of said boiler are the pipes 6, 7. These ipes are carried upward and connected to iorizontally disposed pipes, 8, 9. The pipes 8 9 are mounted in a frame 10 and secured tcznperfnure, or rendered opaque by deposits g Within the glass. Further, considerable dit- L pon the rods 18 are adjustable stops 20, and surrounding the rods l at their rear,

which nre enlarged as shown at 2l, are 65 springs 2E whichbear :it one end upon depending portions of the frame l0 and at the einer and upon the caps 24 on the end of in@ :'orfis L?.

"5 which bear upon the lower end i2?, pivoted at 28. The upper end oi he lever I( forms the rack scctor 2i." and the teeth thereof mesh with the pinion SQ mounted on a shaft. 3l carried in 75 frame 3Q, `which is the same frame in which the rack lever 2T is mounted. Mounted also on shaft 3l is a pointer 33 adapted to swee over dial 3l, having the notation Highf No1-mal. Low, disposed 90 Connected to the ley-pass valve 19 are two pipes 35, The pipe 35 is connected to a pipe 3T which pipe is connected to the bottoni of the water tank 38 and also to the inletI orirce of n pump, indicated at 39,

within the casing of the engine 40. The pipe 36 is ronnected at one end to the outlet orifice of the pump 39 through pipe 4i, and to the interior of the boiler. Suitable check valves 43 are between the pipes 3T, 41 90 and pump 39. In the drawings (Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive) but one by-pass valve 19 is employed and but one wat/er circulation.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 twang pumps with by-pass valve connections and 9::

two water circulations are employed, thev parts being dupheated as will be seen the drawings without further description? tr eaded opening in the upper puit of' these 55 )jeeiing laterally from the levers 14 are 70 apart. SU

The operaiion ot my device will be. rezidily understood. j i .vlssumrng the water in the boiler to be as shown in Fig. l, the stem ol' the bypass pipeS will cause suclrpipe to expend, there-'- by 'pressing forward lever lto close the hypass val-ve 19, in which case the Water will be drawn from the tank 3S through pipe 37 2Q and through pipe. 41g delivered to the boiler until the normal waiter level is-.i'e'stal'ilished. 'As soon :is movement Lal-:es place in the pipe S, the arm Q5 acts upon the racklever 17, thereby shifting the rack lever and cousine'l the needle to move over the dial until 'l\( i'i'ii i:il17 iS-'passed and the position-j f 'taken as indicated hy the dotted :irroiv be tWeen"No1-inal and- Low. lhould the ivater continue to-'drop'in tlielioiler until the orifice of thepipe 7 is open.- the saine ac -A "i tionivill take placev in pipe 9 :indthroufzhthe lever 26 acting uponthe sector theneedle will carry to the. point -markeily $5' "fln the. construction yshown in Fig. 7. the' action is the serncif for any reason the Writer level continues to recede below the E pipe' G, when-itiiiieovers the pipe 'i'. the sec-L ff ondbypass valve-19 under controlV of pipe l`10'9z'isals'oelosed.' I'

lt Will'be understood tliat-ftlie-'nciioir of .thii"bypsiss valves issiiccessive'wlien open "fing enclosing." '1

@lation-disclosed iis onlyy illiistrativeof the action of my improved.ieiiiilaior anflsiicli Y'circulation may he modified in many 1pzirticl tlie iiitent of my invention. -zyl f "zplu'ralitjf' ofli'emperaturc devicesoper-ating" 05 u'p'oe said indicating mechanism successively- Y 1toinfdic-ate the'waterr-level.and incensi co.Q

" operating with one of Said devices for regii;

*f lating'thewiiterlevel:

flee" ele in -tlie saine direction to indicate ,suecessive weter levels, a plurality of teni ra: ture devices responsive to different vela in the boiler. said tempcrstiire devices sn icgssiveiy acting Qn iheimiieaiingmeoia I wis-li 'it understood that the water ciuV "'1. .2 v' r'. Y -L' .iiiais iaith-)ut inV anyl wise depniting fiom l. In* 'a combined ii iter Vlevel:-iiidiczitolv 1and regulating-en indicating mechanism,A a-

Q. water level' indicator fer-ub-ilersilj comprising :in indicatingmechanism .movf

{ nisin to indicate succe Y and ineens connected l vels of the Waterinfthe boiler." L y 3. In a combined wafer level indicator and regulator. an indicator, a water feed, a device `viiri'filile liilefiltlitl') .ouziteitlieJ-iiidi- 70 ca'toriuiicl roeraeflie water feed :it :i cci'- tziirr level, ranwai i v i l i. iry temperature device in association therewith and acting upon {said indicator when the Water is :it a lower level.

4.1 Iii-.zi -weterelevel indicator' for steam boilers, :i single visual indicating meansi a plurality of expansionmtiibes cooperating therewith.; :ida ted to elqiand i'siiniliir Ydirectijone said tu s h'eing'suecessifely lresponso sive to varying .conditions ivi'thin lije' 'boiler'.

regulator for s t` in; b'oilei5j compr in vindica tor, ,r device i pansible inoi'ie theiiiuiininiiiiii p'aijof pipe: communicating with the in- 13.0

eror of said boiler at different levels, an inricator'seale and :i plurality of Aexpansion devices introduced between said indicator scale and soi@ pipes to indicate upon said 5 dial successive variation in the water level. 10, A water leYa'- indicator comprising a plurality of expansion xibes, an indicator scale andmeans for in 'letting the expansimi: of each tube progreively on the same sca e.

In testimony whereof, I affix my -signature, in the presence of two Witnesses. GEORGE LANE.

Witnesses:

J. M. JANEs, WILLIAM CoUoH. 

